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Chapter 27
Eric pulled her up to him. "What are you talking about lover? You've lost your powers?" His voice was lethal.
"My powers are not working Eric, look?" She held up her hand that he had seen kill the most deadly of beings with the light. It was just her hand, no light, no magic.
"My love, this has to be some sort of joke. Stop this. You have not lost your magic." The front door opened and Pam stepped in. Eric looked fit to be tied and Sookie looked on the verge of crying.
Pam was in front of them in a flash. "Sookie what is it? What has happened?" She had Sookie's hand in hers.
"My powers wont work! I have tried everything and they are not working." Sookie wanted to scream.
Pam stood looking at Eric then back to Sookie. "Well fuck me! What have you done now Sookie? For the last three years you two have driven me to contemplate staking myself to get away from all this ridiculousness, now this!" She was angry and Sookie just stared at her.
"I didn't do this on purpose. I think it has to do with him." Sookie pointed to Eric who looked shocked she was blaming him. "That's right, you! I heard what Michael said. You are my support system Eric and today all you have done is made me doubt you and look, now I have no powers. You're who I lean on and you said you didn't want to be with me anymore, you were going to take my kids away from me." She was full fledge mad staring up him.
"Someone needs to explain what is going on." Sookie gave her a brief synopsis of what had transpired. "Sookie, no one is taking your children away from you as long as I still walk this earth." She gave Eric a deadly look. "Look Eric, you really are getting on my last nerve with this! She is your mate, treat her as such. This is serious and you two are standing here bickering like idiots. I suggest we figure this out and get Sookie to a safe place right away." She was looking at Eric with the most serious face.
"You are right Pam. I am taking her home now. Let's go Sookie." He placed his hand at her back to help her and she moved away from him.
"No! I don't care if were surrounded by every vampire in Louisiana, I am not going anywhere!" She stomped her foot to get her point across.
Eric's fangs came down and he leaned to her face almost touching nose to nose. His voice was full of venom. "Wife, I will say this one time, you will leave with me and you will leave now. You are the mother of my children and as much as you refuse to see the logic in us leaving, you will not stand here to be a target. Get in the car Sookie."
Sookie thought for a moment about resisting him but she knew he was right, she was in danger in the state she was in and her kids she needed to think about them. If something happened it would be her fault and she couldn't live with that. Eric took her hand and opened the door to the bar then picked her up and had her in her car before she knew what happened. He locked the doors, started the engine and high tailed it home. He was on his phone the entire time. His last call was to Claudine. "You need to come to the house immediately. Something has happened to Sookie. Bring that brother of yours too. We need all the help we can get." He hung up and looked over at her, she stared forward. "I know you are angry at me, but my love you have to realize how wrong you are about this. I would never let someone erase your children from your mind, or let you go for that matter. As much as I want you safe I could never let you go, ever. Do you hear me?"
Sookie just looked over at him. "I want to believe it Eric. How can I know which feelings are true? I would fight to the death for us, for our life and I never would consider taking your kids away from you, ever! I would die first."
He looked at her and saw her sincerity. It didn't make it easier on him by any means. "I could apologize but I know that is not good enough. I would never let you go Sookie, I can promise you that regardless of what I felt for a slight moment, my heart would never let you go"
They got to the house, Eric pulled up in the front and came to help her out and she refused his hand to get out on her own. She jogged to the front door and Thalia was guarding the door. "Evening Mistress." She nodded to Sookie and Sookie smiled at her thanking her.
Rushing into the house she went looking for her kids, the twins were sleeping but Johan was sitting up in his crib crying. Sookie went to him and pulled him from the bed to take him to the rocking chair to sit. His little arms went to hold his mother around her neck as his little body laid against her chest. "Baby mommy is here, she will always be here. I love you Johan." She sat rocking her son until Eric came in, she looked up at him turning her head to continue to comfort her son who finally feel asleep. Eric walked to stand in front of her bending down to take his son to put him back to bed. His hand he held out for her and she hesitated then took it to let him guide her out of the room.
Sookie heard the voices as she went down the stairs with Eric. Claude was sitting on the couch looking dreadfully bored and Claudine was pacing all over. "Sookie! What the hell happened?" Claudine rushed to her the minute she saw her.
"I don't know cousin. My powers wont work." Claude and Claudine stared at her then at each other. "I can tell you what I know and maybe you both can help me figure it out." Her hand was still in Eric's, she lead him to the chair, he sat down and she climbed in his lap. His arms went around her to pull her to him. "Ok, Eric and I were out on the property last night and things got really intense, sex intense." She looked at her cousins who blinked then nodded. "It was like doors were opening and I was able to use magic I didn't know I had and the sex was crazy personal and phenomenal. I felt fine, we went to bed and I woke up almost twenty four hours later. Problem is when I was asleep Viking here was making a deal with Michael to set me free from him. I heard their thoughts and the words." Sookie turned slightly to see his face, he really did look sorry for what he had done.
"What? What! Eric, how could you! How many times have we had this conversation about her powers and her connection to you!" Claudine pacing turned into stalking now.
"Sister, stop." Claudine did and went to sit in the chair close to her twin brother. "Listen, you two need to reconnect. Go screw each others brains out, anything! Eric you cannot do this to her. She is so entwined to you and her powers grow as her love grows more powerfully for you. How do you not get that? Why do we have to keep having this same damn conversation." Claude really wanted to just stake the vampire where he sat he was so angry.
Eric squirmed in the chair uncomfortable with this whole conversation. "I know she is connected emotionally to me Fairy! I am not dense. I only thought that if I released her she would not have tragedy in her life every day! She is always getting hurt or worse because of this life I brought her into. It was only a thought, I could never let her go, I would meet my final death first." His fangs were down and he spat the words at Sookie's cousin. He hated Claude Crane and he would rather kill him than be nice.
Sookie shook her head. "It feels like the valve has been turned off. I can't explain it."
Claude stood up. "What did you say?"
Sookie looked up at her very angry cousin. "I said it feels like my magic has been just shut off." She looked to Claudine who was getting the same look on her face. "Niall!"
"Yes, I believe if I had to put a bet on this one our grandfather has been using some old tricks. He and I argued about this just the other day. He does not want any future children produced from the two of you and he said he will make sure of it." Claude was seething. "I will be in touch ." He popped.
"Sookie, I am sorry, I know grandfather has been a bit obsessed about this baby stuff but I never thought he would go through with it." Claudine looked like she wanted to cry.
"They are Sookie's powers, she has a right to them. The Prince needs to stand before me and tell me why he has done this or I will use every means I have at my disposal to wage war on him. Give him this message, if my wife's powers are not returned by sun up I will call every being I have to wage war on Fairy and he will regret this decision as I kill him with my own hands." Claudine nodded and popped. Eric's fangs went back up.
Sookie turned and melted into his chest, his hands were rubbing her back. "My heart tells me to love you and never let us go. My mind tells me I need to be angry and make you pay for hurting me. What do I do Eric? Just when I think our lives get some normalcy this happens. I am so tired of this, I just want some peace and quiet."
"I am sorry if you think I betrayed you my love. I did not mean for it to seem that way. I have thought about something I had forgotten, the part of us were are supposed to protect at all costs, remember? I allowed myself to doubt our connection to each other again. I think that is why Michael came to me because I did just what he told me not to do, the part about letting anything come between us, he was testing me. We are fated to be one and I let things get in the way of that." Sookie looked up to see his face full of regret and pain. Her hand moved to touch his cheek and her tears fell.
"Eric, I know this is hard on you, all this emotion and humanity stuff. I forget sometimes that you aren't human anymore. I let myself think that our love is enough it can withstand any obstacle that is thrown at us then we let each other down. I know you had a thousand years to put those feelings away and in the last three years you have given me every bit of yourself to love and I should be grateful for it. Then this kind of thing happens and its like we take two steps back. I don't want to live my life without you but if you aren't happy Eric I wont hold you to a commitment you don't want freely. I will let you go if that is what you need." He started to say something and she stopped him. "No. She leaned in to kiss him gently then stood. "I am going to bed. I will see you in the morning." She left his sitting there.
His mind was racing he didn't ever expect her to say the things she just did. She would let him go? He didn't know whether to laugh or to be angry. He sat in the chair contemplating his life when the front door opened and Bill stepped in. "Eric, the Prince is here."
Eric stood up and was ready to fight. "Fairy! You had better be here to return Sookie's powers to her."
Niall looked at Eric with contempt. "If it were not for you I would not have had to take her powers. If you had just left her alone she would have found a simple human or even a fae to mate with but instead she brings these vampire children into the world. It is not right tainting my blood with yours."
"So this is what this is about? I am not the mate you wanted for her? Well, it is too late for that Brigant. I am her mate, for eternity. You, nor any other creature will take her from me and I meant what I said, I will wage war on you and destroy you if you do not return what is not yours to take. Return her magic. Now!" Eric was ready to fight for her, he would fight for her for the rest of his life he thought to himself.
"Why so that you can bring more children into the world? Do you know what will happen if the demon world or any other for that matter get a hold of those children you have produced? It will throw off the entire balance of the supernatural world, that will be your doing." Eric looked at Niall closely, he looked tired, confused.
Eric backed down. "Niall, what is this about? Why are you doing this to her? You have to know taking her powers will leave her and the children vulnerable. Are you trying to get her killed on purpose because you do not want her to have any more children? Is her life worth that?"
Niall shook his head. "How can I know what I know and not try to stop it Northman? She will die if I let this continue. She will fight for her family and she might die doing it. I have seen it. I care too much for her to let it happen."
Eric walked closer to him. "I am her mate Niall. I will not allow anyone to take her as long as I am living. You know this. I have already begun looking for those who want to take our child, the child you have told the world will hold the magic that is coveted. I will protect her and my children. Her powers have doubled. She will be able to defend herself and our children Niall. You need to give her a chance to prove it to you." Eric saw the old Fairies face change almost to relief.
"Fintan was my son Eric, like Johan is to you. She is his and I let him die, I cannot let her die too. I have lost so much in my long life." He looked away from Eric.
"Give them back to her Prince. Do what Fintan isn't able to do for her now. Help her protect herself." Eric could feel the magic around him.
Niall's eyes glowed and he waved his hand in the air. He nodded to Eric and he was gone. Eric raced up the stairs. "Let anything happen to her Northman and I will take your head personally, do you understand? She may be married to you but she is still my blood."
Sookie laid in the dark room covered up sleeping soundly. Sitting next to her on the bed he touched her face. "Sookie?" She stirred and looked up at him. "My love, try to reach out to our children."
Sookie sat up confused. "What?" He nodded to her and she let her shields down and she felt her sons and her daughter. She grinned up to him and he threw his arms around her.
"I don't need you to give me time to do what you asked of me Sookie. Look in my eyes and tell me what you see." He sat still for her to look up at him.
Her eyes searched them for the answer of what he was trying to tell her. "Eric, are you sure? You don't regret this life together?"
Eric's head went back with a hard laugh. "Regret this life? I only have one regret." She looked at him and her bottom lip began to tremble. "Stop that my love, I only regret I have not figured out a way to keep you naked and in this bed to make love to twenty four hours a day." She turned away from him embarrassed. "Do not get shy on me now. I adore my bold wife, my sensual, sexy, challenging wife. She makes me so happy and I enjoy our love making and every moment of our lives, fights and all. Will you let me love you Sookie?"
Her eyes looked up to his and he could see her soul opening up through her eyes. Her hand went to his face and he moved his hand to hers. "I would love nothing more my husband. You are all that matters to me, the life you have given me and our children. You, Eric. You are all I ever need." He laid his wife down on their bed and showed her how much he needed her.
Sookie felt her son stir, she opened her eyes it was before dawn, Eric was still asleep beside her, his arms crushing her. Moving his arm off of her she rushed to the bathroom then went down the hall to the nursery. Her son was awake, his little face turning red with frustration that no one had come to him yet. Picking him up she sat in the rocking chair with him, Sookie placed him against her shoulder gently patting his back. "Enar, my precious boy. I love you baby. You, your brother and sister are everything to me. I feel awful that you have taken on such responsibility for you and your sister. Daddy and I are here baby, we will never let anyone hurt you. Your daddy is the Viking, he's got skills none of us even know about." Sookie giggled laughing at her own joke. She pulled her son to sit in her lap. His little face back to its normal color and his eyes, Eric's eyes looked up at her. He put his little hand out and Sookie held it. "You are not alone baby." He smiled up at his mother and then he babbled "Da da" Sookie stared down at him and she heard the gasp from the door. Eric was standing in the door looking at them the entire time. He rushed to them, knelt down to be closer to his sons level and looked up at Sookie.
"Did he just call me?" His hand went to his sons face touching him softly.
"Sounded like it didn't it? I give birth to three kids and so far we are two for three on the first words being daddy. Thanks kid." Her son smiled at her then turned to reach for his father. Eric stood taking his child from her. Sookie slid over in the chair for him to sit with her.
"You mommy is right my warrior. Daddy will protect you with every resource he has. Do not be frightened. I love you my boy, with all my heart." Eric's head come down to the top of his sons and Enar made the sound again causing Eric to laugh.
Sookie just shook her head. "I should have just got dogs. At least those I could have taught loyalty!" She was just teasing her husband, she didn't want him to get too emotional so she tried to lighten the mood. Eric leaned over and kissed her.
"You have given me three beautiful children my love." He kissed her again before her daughter started to stir. She stood up and went to get her. Lily came in with two bottles and left them to their moment with their babies. Eric laid his son back and fed him. He began speaking to his children in Swedish, it never ceased to amaze her the beauty of the words he spoke from his homeland from all those years ago. She changed her daughter and sat with her next to Eric. He leaned over and said something to his daughter and her face lit up and she squealed.
"Eric, what are you saying to her? She only smiles like that to you." Sookie tried to feed her daughter but she was too busy smiling at her father and giggling at what ever he was saying to her.
"I tell her how much I love her, how beautiful she is, just like her mother, that when she is old enough daddy will show her the world. I tell her that she has the face of an angel. All which are true. She is my little Princess, aren't you darling?" His daughter laughed more at her father. He could sweet talk his daughter in any language.
Sookie finally got her daughter to eat and they stayed like that sitting and talking to the babies when the eldest Northman child bounced into the room. He ran to his parents and climbed between them. "Morning my son." Johan smiled and told his father good morning. He laid his head on his mother's arm and she adjusted Erika to hold him to her. "How about a flying lesson then a book? How would you like that this morning son?" Johan whipped up and nodded telling his father he was exicted. Eric kissed Sookie and his daughter before leaving. "I am taking my sons flying Sookie. Come watch your gifted children take flight."
Sookie looked up at him. "Sons? What are you talking about? Enar doesn't fly!"
Eric grinned at her. "Not yet."
"Oh, no! Not him too! Eric Northman I am going to have you neutered." She moaned her displeasure at him. He grinned and took his sons out to fly.
"See, this is what happens. It is just us against those three Erika. We have to stick together." Sookie instantly felt better. "No playing with mommy's emotions baby. Family is off limits unless they ask for it ok?" Sookie's anxiety was back. She kissed her daughter and took her downstairs to watch her brothers fly.
The backyard was filled with people, Sookie holding a squealing Erika, Amelia, Alcide, Mark, Lily, and Sergio all stood watching her husband take her sons flying. Eric was so graceful and patient with Johan. Sookie kept scolding Eric to hold Enar tight and he just snickered and shook his head. They watched as Johan levitated and Eric was softly talking to Enar in his ear. Eric held him out and let go. Sookie covered her mouth to stop from screaming and frightening her child. He floated for just a moment and then Eric quickly grabbed him to him. "See wife, I told you my son would fly." Sookie had to sit on the ground to keep her legs from collapsing under her.
The show was over and everyone went back into the house. Alcide kissed his wife and told her he needed to go a job site and he would see her later that evening. The four of them were going to Fangtasia for a meeting of local pack leaders and they planned to go out to dinner after. Sookie was excited, she loved going out with Eric and their friends. The day went by quickly. Eric spent most of the day in his office doing what he needed to do and Amelia and Sookie ordered some things off the internet then began making the arrangement for the summit in St. Louis in two weeks. "Sookie where are we all going to stay?"
"I will have to talk to Eric. He mentioned it to me the other day and I completely forgot what he told me with all the stuff that has been happening here. If worse comes to worse we can rent something I guess for the week and our vampires will just have to use their travel coffins for rest. I will nail the information down with Eric or just email him and he will forward it to you." Sookie was really enjoying the peace and quiet of the day. Eric had the boys with him in his office and she hadn't heard a peep out of them all afternoon. She, Amelia and Erika spent the day working in the living room. She hated to intrude on Eric when he had important stuff to do with her and Amelia's silliness. They spent more time talking about clothes or sex then truly working.
"So, Alcide and I can't decide what color to paint the nursery and I want to get it done. He is wants a boy of course, me I could care less. He says he doesn't care but you know he does, men." Amelia rolled her eyes and Sookie laughed.
"They are silly aren't they? I remember when we were pregnant with Johan, he would always say 'my son' every time we would talk about the baby. He would lay his head on my belly and talk to his son. Used to drive me nuts. Now I look at them and they have this incredible connection to each other, I would never complain about him and his instincts with his kids." Sookie shook her head remembering the nights Eric talk to his son for hours after she would go to sleep. She rubbed her belly remembering the feeling of him laying on her.
Amelia looked at Sookie. "Did you decide what you wanted to do about more kids? Do you want more?'
Sookie looked at her friend and smiled. "I will eventually. I just want to spend time with these babies first. Don't tell Eric but every time we make love I say a little prayer to get more time. I know it sounds terrible I know and I guess if I was an adult about it I would just use protection like everyone else. I just don't want to take the chance of shutting it off, you know."
'No, it doesn't sound terrible, weird, not terrible." Amelia laughed at her friends expression. "I am only kidding. I don't blame you for wanting to wait a bit. I mean, you have these babies and they need you and Eric's time more now than ever. Brining another baby in the mix right now, you would be exhausted. But what about the vision? Have you given any thought to that?'
"I mean to talk to Claudine about that. The first one I saw the twins were toddler's the second he was alone so I don't know if the time frame is the same. I want to take as much time as I can for now. I know Eric is excited of the prospect of more kids. He thinks they should all be close in age. I don't really care one way or another, I just want everyone happy and healthy." She tucked that thought away for later. She definitely needed to speak to Claudine about the baby.
"We need to do some shopping for the summit. How about if we make some plans to go tomorrow for a bit? My pants are getting tight and Alcide makes fun of me every morning, he says I am resisting it. Whatever." Amelia looked like a soccer mom, tall, thin, beautiful. Put a vintage Chanel pant suit on her and some pearls she would pull it off without a hitch. She was gorgeous.
"Ok, just let me run up and check with Eric. I would prefer for Eric or Alcide to go with us if we are going to make a day of it. We just have too much going on and I want us to be safe." Amelia nodded and Sookie walked to the office with her daughter. She found Eric sitting in the middle of the floor reading a book to half sleeping boys. She didn't want to disturb them so she pointed for him to come down stairs when he was done. He nodded and smiled up at her.
She went back to the living room and Amelia was on the phone. She took Erika to go sit outside for some fresh air. Together they sat on the big chaise lounge chair and Sookie patted her back until she was sound asleep. The glass door opened and she felt Eric approach. "Here lover, let me take her upstairs." Sookie shook her head no. He sat next to her on the chair. "What was it you needed my love?"
Leaning over she kissed his lips. "First of all, you." She smiled and he pulled her chin closer to deepen the kiss. She bit his lip drawing blood, she licked it until the wound closed. His eyes were shut and she giggled. "Sweetie, Amelia and I would like to make a day of shopping tomorrow for the summit. Amelia needs maternity clothes and Johan needs some new things as well. He is getting so tall nothing is fitting him. Anyway, I really don't feel comfortable going out during the day just yet with the demon issue still up in the air. I wanted to see if you or Alcide were available to tag along with us."
He smiled at her shaking his head. His eyes looked into hers. "I do recall the days when I used to have to drag you to the mall to go shopping. Now, my wife wants to spend the day shopping. Times do certainly change do they not?"
"Ha Ha. Do you want me to ask Alcide? I am sure he can swing it? I just wanted to ask you first so you didn't get upset that I didn't consult you first." She gave him a serious look. She knew he would do whatever he needed to go with her since she asked him too.
"I will arrange it lover. Just let me know what time you want to leave and I will rearrange my schedule. I believe I would like to buy my wife a special gift anyway so it gives me the chance to do so." He stood and took his daughter from Sookie. She just rolled her eyes and watched his sexy behind walking out the door. He turned grinning. "Meet me in 5 minutes in our room lover and I will give you the full tour of my backside." She laughed at him.
She ran to the living room to update Amelia on shopping tomorrow and told her to go ahead and home to get ready to go to Fangtasia for tonight. Amelia said she would see her later and Sookie ran up the stairs opening the door to their room. Her husband was naked laying on the bed with his arm behind his head propping it up. His muscles of his arm were flexing for effect. "Now what made you think I would meet you?"
"I can smell your excitement Sookie. All I need to do is rub finger down your neck and you get wet for me. I knew you would come for me, literally." He was smiling from ear to ear.
She walked to the bed and crawled up his body stopping at his ear. "Talking nasty to your wife will get you everywhere tonight my Viking sex God." She ran her tongue on his neck and he moaned. "All I have to do is run my tongue along your neck like this," She demonstrated to him again. "and you are harder for me then you were. See?" Her lips went back to kissing his neck then she bit him and his body bucked under her, her tongue licking the droplets of blood his wound supplied to her. Her mouth stayed on his neck and her hands were trailing his body until one found her destination, gracious plenty. "Um, I love this, I can't wait to feel you inside me. Will you make love to me now Eric?" His eyes glassed over with love and lust. One of his hands found her center, the other on her ass kneading the muscle in her backside. He was bringing her up and closer with every pull. He was impatient, he flipped her on the mattress for him to be on top. "Eric, your not playing fair."
"I have never played fair, even as a human child. I will make love to my wife tonight and I will look down into her eyes as I do it. Do you not want me Sookie" His voice was jagged with need.
"Let me think about it for a moment, do I want you?" His lips were on her breasts. "I am not sure, maybe if you show me what you got then I can decide." He growled at her and as he did he lifted her hips to bring her closer and rammed himself into her in one motion. Her body shot off the bed, both in the pain and pleasure of it. "Oh God Eric!" Her eyes rolled back into her head.
"What lover? Did I not warn you of teasing me?" He laughed and set the pace of their mating, he was rough and claiming tonight and Sookie took every ounce of it meeting his every move. "Tell me you want me wife. Tell me!" His hands grasped her hips harder to push deeper into her. Her body bucking with each thrust.
"I want you Eric. I need you! Don't stop!" He grinned at her and leaned down to her lips crushing hers, she moaned into him. His fangs were so firm on her soft skin they were making little slices into the inside of her mouth, his tongue licked the blood and his eyes closed.
His body never let up on hers, his stamina was incredible. "Please Eric, I can't take anymore, please!" She was panting and moaning with pleasure and near exhausted. Her body was covered in sweat, her hair plastered to her head.
"You will take more of what I give you Sookie, tell me you do not want it." Eric's pace never wavered. Her eyes looked into his, he could feel her magic building swirling around them. Every time she would build up he would bring her back down, he teased and taunted her. Her moans sounded like a wild animal, she needed the release so desperately and he grinned from her need. "Are you ready to come for me lover? Do you need it?'
Her eyes were so desperate, her arms went up to grab him around the neck, she held on as tight to him as she could. "Eric, please. I will die if you don't help me. Please!" His hips picked up the pace and as he began to build he leaned over to her ear to tell her to bite him. She angled her head to his upper arm and her teeth bit as hard as she could making Eric scream from the pleasure and his own release, his fangs went for her neck and she sobbed as she came with him. Neither one moved, they were frozen at that moment, Sookie's breathe sounded like she had run a marathon and Eric's mind was so foggy he kept trying to shake his head to clear his thoughts.
When he could move he laid her down on the mattress, he could tell she was exhausted. He hovered over he and kissed her softly on the lips. "Lover, sleep now. We have a few hours before we need to be at Fangtasia. Rest now." She nodded her head and pulled him close to her and closed her eyes sighing. Her breathing evened out quickly, she was asleep, he pulled her closer putting her in the crease of his arm and closed his own eyes to rest.
His phone rang, he reached for it still cloudy from sleep. "What?"
"Hey dead guy, meetings in 45. You want me to go ahead and take it and update you later?" Alcide, Eric would torture him later.
"No, we will be down in a little while." He set the phone back down and rolled to Sookie. "My love you need to get up, we have a meeting in less than an hour." He rolled out of the bed and went to start the shower water. When he came back she had pulled the covers higher, he grabbed the bottom of them and pulled them completely off. She hissed at him and he laughed. "Shower time darling." He picked her up, she buried her face in his chest and he took her to the shower stepping into the warm water.
"Um, that feels so nice." Her eyes were opening, she looked better than she had a few hours ago. He set her on her feet and got busy washing and shampooing them both.
When they were done he turned off the water and she moaned. He grabbed a towel and gently pushed her out of the bathroom. "Dress lover, otherwise I will take you to Fangtasia as you are and have more than just Were trouble tonight." She giggled at him and went to dress. Eric walked out of the bathroom and went to the closet to put on a tiffany blue v-neck t-shirt, blue jeans and boots. When he turned around his wife was buttoning up her summer dress, it was in all white and square necked and sleeveless. The dress was made of cotton and hugged every one of her curves, her breast were full and looked incredible in the dress. His fangs came down as soon as he saw her. "Sookie, you can not wear that dress." His voice was low and gruff.
"What? Why? I just bought this dress. What's wrong with it?" She went to the floor length mirror to look at herself in the mirror, turning and posing. "I like this dress."
"Sookie, change your dress." He stood staring at his sexy wife but he couldn't let her wear that dress.
"Not until you tell me why?" She put her hands on her curvy hips and waited for an answer.
He came to stand in front of her and leaned down to kiss her. "If I take you to Fangtasia in that dress with a room full of blood thirsty vampires and were's Sookie, how am I supposed to defend you? Myself against half the pack leaders in Louisiana? Are you trying to get me staked?"
She grinned at her handsome husband. "I believe I will wear this dress. You are always up for a challenge." For effect she bend from the waist to adjust her designer five inch leopard print high heeled shoes she was wearing.
He growled then went up behind her pulling her hips to his middle as she bent over. "You are cock teasing me Sookie, I do not like this one bit." She giggled, she loved it when he talked dirty to her.
"No, I would never tease gracious plenty, but you on the other hand spent an hour earlier teasing and torturing me. I think this will be just the pay back you deserve gorgeous." She grabbed her purse and turned to smile at him as she made her way out of the room. She went to find Lily to tell her they were leaving, she kissed her kids and headed down the stairs.
"Vixen!" He yelled from the bedroom. He followed behind her to meet their friends downstairs.
Amelia and Alcide stood with their mouths open as she came down the stairs. "Eric, you can't let her go to the bar like that. Make her change! Everyone of them will be drooling and manhandling her!"
Sookie grinned and Eric scowled. "Mutt, I have already tried. Other than tying her the bed until after the meeting I have no choice. She likes this dress, so she has informed me."
Amelia busted out laughing, she laughed so hard she had to pee, she ran to the bathroom.
That was a friend Sookie thought. "He's not the boss of me. I will wear what I want and I want to wear this."
As soon as Amelia came out the bathroom the town car was waiting for them out front.
Sookie looked out the window and watched the city fly by at they drove to Fangtasia. Eric had his hand in hers holding it tight. He leaned over to her ear and whispered to her. "I suggest to you my bride, the minute we set foot back in our home you run. Run like you never have in your life because besides the spanking I am going to give that gorgeous ass of yours, I am going to tear every stitch of that dress off your body and fuck you. Do I make myself clear?" Sookie gasped and looked up, he wasn't kidding. Amelia put her hand over her mouth not to giggle and Alcide turned away like he didn't hear what just transpired smiling like crazy. She stuck her tongue out.
They were in front of Fangtasia, the door said it was closed until eleven for a employee meeting. Eric opened the door and climbed out, he reached his hand in to help Sookie, with all the grace she could muster she climbed out of the car. Alcide was on the other side helping Amelia out, she had decided to put on a pant suit on in a light pink and high heels, gorgeous was what Amelia was, Sookie thought. The bar was full, vamps and were's standing and sitting everywhere. Sookie stretched to tell Eric something. "You really need to expand sweetie. You are too powerful now to overload Fangtasia like this." He nodded, she was right, he would put Pam on it soon.
Eric walked holding Sookie's hand to the stage where his throne and three other chairs stood, her chair next to his, Amelia and Alice were on either side of them. Eric sat Sookie first then turned to the crowd. He nodded and the crowd quieted and those who had seats sat. Sookie saw Bill Compton and James standing at the back of the crowd. She gave Bill the dirties look she could muster and James she gave the look of death. His hand went over his chest where his heart should have been. Eric growled at them, Sookie looked away and dropped her shields. She wasn't surprised, it was the usual, they were all sexy, she was hot, her breast were nice, sex, blood, weird sex, the usual. Eric looked at her and she nodded, Eric looked to Alcide and turned the floor to him. Alcide handled each man with respect and he and Eric agreed on all the punishments and decisions. Sookie tuned out, she heard a buzzing coming from somewhere, someone was trying really hard to shield their mind but it was coming undone. She stood up and began to walk off the stage when Eric stood to stop her. "I hear something." He nodded and let her go. Sookie began to walk through the crowd, slowly walking to a table or a chair with a body in it. She stopped at a female, Sookie looked down on her. "Hello Tasha." Sookie said it with poison in her voice.
The were looked up shocked. There was a male sitting next to her. "Her name is not Tasha. It is Natalie." Sookie grinned at the foolish man.
"To you she is Natalie, but her real name is Natasha or Tasha as her parents call her. Isn't that right?" The entire bar was silent. "No one knows you from the Arkansas pack, you have changed your hair, your name, your persona. Going against my family, any of my family, you will die." The male were jumped to defend his girlfriend. The were's and vamps moved to stop him and Sookie put her hand up stopping everyone. "Sit down Larry, this has nothing to do with you except that she is using you to get her way in with the Shreveport pack. Sit!" The were sat and the crowd backed up. Eric and Alcide were behind her now. Bill was on the stage standing in front of Amelia to protect her. Sookie moved her hand behind her and Eric's arm came around her waist. She held on to her husbands hand. "It seems this woman is here to get information and try to take out as many of the pack here as she can. Her employer wants Louisiana weak. Why?" The woman shook her head like she didn't know what Sookie was talking about. Sookie stepped forward grabbing the woman's hand. Sookie saw the reason, Alcide. He had an enemy in the other state and that enemy felt he was letting his bloodline run cold reproducing with Amelia, the pack leader wanted to take on Alcide for the pack. Sookie nodded her head and the room erupted, chairs were turning over, men were yelling, a handful of were's were pulling the female out of the bar. Alcide stood in front of Sookie in the middle of the chaos. He looked into her eyes and knew instantly what the plan the female was there for. Eric never let her go.
Alcide went back to his wife. Amelia looked confused, he took her off the stage and walked her back to the offices in the back. He would tell her the truth.
"Eric?" He turned her and Sookie looked like she wanted to cry. Eric wrapped his arms around her.
"Shush, we will not let the mangy dog get injured, he is family. You did wonderfully, I suspected something was up and you brought it to light. Thank you my love." He bend down to kiss her.
Bill and James were getting the crowd under control and Eric stood on the stage. "Let it be known, striking against Alcide and Amelia is like striking against any part of my family. It will not be tolerated and those who do will feel my sword to send them to their final death." The vampires stood and nodded to Eric, the weres all nodded and whispered to one another. "Silence!" Eric's face distorted and his face came down, his eyes were almost glowing with anger. "Does anyone in this room wish to die tonight?" The room went silent. "Leave and let those around you know that The Herveaux are under the Northman Kingdom."
Bill removed everyone and when they were cleared he came to stand before Sookie and Eric. "My Queen, I am asking for your forgiveness for my comments to you. I hope you will forgive me." She nodded saying nothing to him. She may forgive him eventually but she would never forget how quickly this vampire turned on her. James stood in the corner of the room.
Eric walked to him. "You are released to return to Pamela. I have no use for you here." Eric turned to walk away. Alcide and Amelia returned to the middle of the made the mistake of snickering at Eric, her husband whipped around to grab James around the neck, his voice was low and deadly. "We have fought battles together, we have shared females for sex and blood, we have walked this earth together but do not make the mistake of turning against me James. I will stake you and leave you out to meet the sun. I will not tolerate insubordination especially from you." Bill walked to stand in front of Sookie, he sensed the trouble coming. Alcide moved Amelia back behind him.
James never cringed, his expression never changed. "You are still the same vampire Eric. These creatures think you are something you are not, your human thinks you have humanity, a soul even, that you can care for her. Has she not learned her lesson yet? Surround yourself with superior beings, one day you will need them. You cannot hold off the world to what you have forever." James' eyes went to Sookie.
"Your fascination of my wife intrigues me James. She is not your type, you usually are attracted to the lowest of any race. You could not find a fangbanger or drug addict whore to beat into submission? Go to Vegas there are plenty of vampires or humans for you to play with." This Eric scared Sookie, this Eric she did not understand.
James laughed. "How quickly you pass judgments on me. You are the one that began this Eric. Look at you, you stand here pretending you are human, take a human wife, have children with her and you mock me!" His eyes were full of hate. "Her death is your doing and I will have vengeance on you for it. She was my bonded and you took her from me! I should have killed you for it but you were my brother! You turned her to spite me, you raped her all to flaunt it in my face." Sookie stood staring at these two, she had no idea what they were talking about, she began to feel disgust toward both the vampires in front of her.
Eric released James and threw his head back laughing. "She wanted me, not you. She came to me night after night begging me to take her, to turn her, so I did. She cried about how pathetic you were, she wanted me to sleep with her, yes I did, more times than I can count. I used her, I mangled her. I did everything you accuse me of and I enjoyed every moment of it. You may have bonded to her to keep her but she did not want you. She was pathetic, just like you." Sookie's anger was full now.
"Until you drove her insane by discarding her. She was beautiful and kind before you! You tortured and mistreated her until you broke her spirit. Why did you do it Eric?" James' voice was almost a whisper. Katie? They were talking about Katie.
"Because I could." Eric grinned at the vampire standing in front of him. Sookie knew what James was saying was true, there was no deception in his feelings. Sookie saw the look in her husbands eyes, she felt like throwing up. Eric turned to look at her, his face was not the face of her husband but of some creature that hurt people without caring about it. She could feel his anger, his instincts to hurt someone was overwhelming. Her hand went to her mouth and she ran out of the room. She didn't want to hear or see anymore.
Sookie ran as fast as she could, she ran out the back door to get away. Her heart was beating so quickly. She heard crashing in the bar but she wasn't about to stop to see what it was. She stopped, concentrating as hard as she could, she popped to the twins rooms, grabbed her twins then went to get Johan. Just as she got him out of the bed she felt him before she saw him. "Sookie, stop. You are not taking my children, you are not going anywhere. If you try to leave you will regret it. Do you think this some game you can play with me? I am your husband, you will respect me. Try to leave Sookie, test me." His voice was low and he was looking at her the same way he looked at James, like a predator.
"I wasn't taking OUR children anywhere Eric, but your not going to stand there and threaten me you big jerk!. Don't come near me or my kids Eric. Stay where you are. Your yelling at me, I wont have you behaving that way in front of our kids Eric." He didn't move. He was still in the doorway of the room. Sookie wasn't sure what he would do, so she did the only thing she could. "Claudine! Claude!"
"You believe your fae cousins can help you? You belong to me, I do not care who you call." He was even angrier now and she closed her eyes. "You will listen to me. Do not run from me Sookie, do not try taking my children. " He looked like he wanted to kill her.
Claudine and Claude popped in the room. "Sookie, what's wrong?" Claude stepped to her to take the twins.
Eric was furious. "Unhand my children Fairy!" He was growling and hissing, he was about to strike.
Sookie was shaking her head. "Stay back Eric. Claudine, can you get us out of here, Eric seems to think I am one of his employees he can order around and threaten. Eric, you need to get a grip and when you get your head together I will talk to you, not a minute sooner." Claudine nodded her head and grabbed Sookie's hand, they popped together.
Sookie stood in the middle of Claude and Claudine's house in Monroe. Sookie had been there a few times on shopping trips and lunches with Claudine. Claude took the sleeping twins to the bedroom to put them down, Johan was half asleep and Sookie handed him to Claudine, her hands were shaking so badly she couldn't hold him anymore. Claudine took him, patting him on the back talking sweetly to him and his eyes closed. She took him to the couch and laid him down, covering him.
Claude and Claudine came back into the dining room. Claude stood in front of her. "Ok Cousin, what happened?" Sookie began to pace, she told them what had transpired in Fangtasia and she just needed to think and calm down. "Sook, you know he is a fucking monster, he is a vampire, he is not human. We have tried to tell you this for years. He puts his hands on you I will kill him personally." Claude was at his wits end with the vampire crap.
"Sookie, sit down." Sookie went to the table and sat down hard in the chair. "Claude give her a break. Cousin, you know that Eric has done a lot of things in his life. Did he threaten you?" Sookie looked at her cousins and stood to pace. What was happening to her life she thought to herself.
"He is blood lusting right now, he is striking out at me because he is angry about what happened with James." She looked at her cousins trying to convince herself of what Eric has said to her was just a mistake. "He stood in Fangtasia saying he did the things James accused him of, raping her, torturing her over and over until he drove her mad. Then Eric locked her up for who knows how long before she got free to find and kill him. I didn't know any of this. I thought Eric was completely innocent in this. Then he stands there and tells me I leave I will regret it. I wasn't going to leave, I just wanted my kids near me. He was so angry at me." Sookie's phone was ringing in her dress pocket. She took it out, it was Amelia.
Sookie almost didn't answer it. Claudine nodded and she did. "Sookie, where are you?"
"Amelia I will call you later when I figure out what is going on." Sookie's tears were running down her face.
"Eric has gone berserk Sookie. He has completely destroyed Fangtasia and he almost killed James. Bill got them apart and he hurt Bill pretty severely. He is going to look for you. Your not at home are you?" Amelia voice was almost hysterical.
"No, I just had Claude and Claudine pop me out of the house. I saw him, he is madder than I have ever seen. I don't know what to do Amelia, he freaked me out, I did the only thing I could think of. I think he needs some time. I have to figure out about what to do with my kids and staying away from him until he calms down. I will call you when I can ok?" Sookie said good bye and hung up.
"You can go to Fairy, that may be the only place that will stop the bond separation for Enar." Claude took her hand to give her comfort and it felt nice after the night she had.
"I don't think I have to be drastic Claude, I will let him calm down and see what happens. I am mad but maybe a little break will do him good. I need to call him though. They are his kids and he has a right to know they are alright. I may not tell him where I am but he needs to know they are safe. He is angry enough and he will just keep it up if I don't let him know were are ok." Sookie stood to make the call.
Claude stood up to her. "Sookie, why do you care what he feels, let the bastard suffer. You said it yourself, he hurt that girl and who knows how many more woman along the way in the same fashion. Then he verbally attacks you. It is disgusting. I should just let grandfather kill him." Sookie just gave him a dirty look and dialed Eric's phone number.
He answered in the first ring. His tone had calmed down but he was still pissed. "Where are you?"
Sookie's tears started again. "Eric, you need to calm down. The kids are fine, they are sleeping. I wanted you to know there fine so you wouldn't worry about them. I will not take them away without letting you know where we are going. I just need to let you have some time alone Eric. I don't know if you can control your anger right now."
"Bring my children and come home Sookie. I am sorry about what I said to you and that you had to hear the truth about Katie, but it doesn't matter. It was along time ago and I was different then." His voice was low, almost too low.
"No, I am not Eric going home now. I will call you when I figure out where I am going." She was about to hang up.
"Sookie, wait. Please do not do this. I love you, I love our children. Please come home. Enar will get ill if you do not bring him home Sookie, my children need me." Her heart broke in half, she wanted to run to him, let him hold her kiss her, make her forget what she heard tonight, the other part of her wanted to get on the first plane and never return.
She did the only thing she knew she could do. "I love you with everything I have Eric but I need to think about what happened tonight. Please respect that and give me some space. You need to figure out what happened Eric, you have never spoken to me like that." She hung up. Her phone rang a dozen times before it finally stopped. Claudine came over to hug her. Claudine walked her to the couch and she laid down with her son and covered up.
Sookie had no idea how long she had slept, but when her eyes focused she saw it was day light. She heard the knock on the door and Claude went to answer it. "Shit, its Eric." Sookie didn't move. She knew there was almost no where she could hide.
"Claude, let me see my wife please." He was being civil. Eric was never civil when it came to Claude.
"No! Fuck off Eric. You tried to hurt her, I will kill you if you touch her. Now get off my porch, she doesn't want to see you." Claude went to shut the door and Eric's hand stopped it.
"Let me see my wife." His fangs were down and he was livid.
"Claude, come take Johan and take him to your room, let him in." Sookie began to sit up and Eric rushed to her. Sookie handed a still sleeping Johan to her cousin and turned to look at Eric.
"Why are you here Eric?" Sookie looked at him like she wanted him to hold her, she closed her eyes to stop the pain.
He looked away from her. "I came to get my wife and children and bring them home."
She shook her head at him. "You kept things from me Eric, you attacked James and then you threaten me because I was upset you because of what James said about Katie. We didn't even get a chance to talk about it, you just went off on me. You really did those things to her Eric, how is that possible? I could have handled the things about Katie, we would have worked it out, but how could you say what you said to me last night?"
He nodded his head. "I told you the truth before, I just didn't tell you everything. How could I tell you the things I did to her Sookie, I did a lot of things in my past I am sorry and ashamed about. I was angry last night, I didn't mean to hurt you, I would never hurt you like that Sookie and you know it. I should have never behaved the way I did."
She turned to look away from him. He moved to sit on the couch. His eyes searched her, he moved forward to kiss her. He grabbed her face and pulled her forward and she pulled back. "No." He backed away.
"So you are leaving me, is that it?" He looked like he wanted to kill someone.
"No Eric, I am not leaving you, I just want you to take a good look around and realize what you did. Our kids were in the room Eric, what if they know what you said to me? We have a daughter, I would never want her to have someone she loves talk to her like that, would you?" She would not cry.
"I do not want my children sick. You go home, I will find other arrangements until we figure this out. I will not be so selfish as to let you sleep on other beings couches with my children. Take them and go home and I will come by later and pick up some of my things." He turned to walk away. "I love you Sookie, I will never stop loving you, when your ready I will be waiting for you. I never meant to hurt you."
Sookie cried for a long while until it was time to get her kids home and feed them. She was glad to be going home but she didn't want to be there without him. She would go home and work out some of the things that were flying through her head. Eric was her life and she needed to figure out how to get him back in her life. She went to find her cousins and get her kids home. When she popped the house was quiet. She stood in the dining room and put her kids in their chairs to feed them. Lily came into the room. "Sookie, Eric called to make sure you got home ok. Can I do anything to help? I mean, are you alright?"
Sookie shook her head no. "I am not sure what I am Lily. I think right now I just need you to help me get the kids situated." She looked at Sookie and nodded and went to warm bottles. Sergio appeared with scrambled and toast. Sookie thanked him.
Sookie spent the entire day just going through the motions, taking care of her kids, she spent every second doing for her children. It was late, she had just put Johan down and the twins were already settled. She hadn't even taken a shower, she was still in the same clothes from the night before. Looking down on herself she never wanted to see the dress she wore ever again. She started to go up into the room she shared with her husband and she stood outside the door looking in. No, she couldn't stay in there without him, so she rushed to the closet and grabbed clothes, a t-shirt, running shorts, a bra and panties and took them with her to the spare room. Sookie went to the bathroom, turned on the shower as hot as it would go and undressed getting in the water. Her body gave out, she sat at the bottom of the tub holding her knees letting the hot water wash over her, tears wouldn't come to her anymore. That is where she stayed until the hot water ran out, when it did she turned off the water and got out putting on the clothes she had got from her room and crawled into the bed. Her phone rang a few times on the bedside table but she didn't care. Her eyes stared into the night. Someone knocked at the door and she didn't move to open it, she just wanted to be left alone. The door opened, Eric stood in the door.
"Sookie? Why are you not in our bed?" He was so quiet.
"I cant sleep in there without you." Her voice was full anguish and pain, he wanted to go to her but he stayed where he was.
He cleared his throat. "I am going to Pam's. I came to get a few things. Do you need anything from me before I go?"
"Just my husband back, the Eric I know and love. I want your arms around me. I wish you would stay." Her voice cracked. He would give her space and he needed to think through this.
"For what it is worth, I wish I had told you everything. I know I should have controlled myself better at Fangtasia, I was just angry. I love you Sookie." He turned and shut the door behind him. Her hands flew to her face, she muffled the sobs that were flowing from her now. Just the sound of his voice, his presence was too much. The tears came fast and hard.
He stood outside the door listening to her falling apart. His hand couldn't let go of the door knob, his tears flowed just as hard as hers. He did this, he knew he did this to himself. All she ever asked for was honesty and he did the complete opposite by hiding the truth about Katie. He was unkind to her, he took his anger out on her, scaring her. She had asked him and he purposely omitted things he had done because he was afraid of what she would think of him. This agony of thinking she didn't trust him he deserved and he knew it. He could never ask her to forgive him because this he had done. Somehow he needed to make her believe he would never purposely hurt her like he had. When he gathered the strength to leave he went to their room, it smelled of her, he sat on the side of the bed they had spent the last three years sleeping and making love in and now it was empty. Eric went to his closet to get some clothes, then decided against it, he went to the bathroom to wash his face then he left the room to walked down the stairs. Alcide was standing in the foyer. "Eric? Did you find her?" He looked like he hadn't slept either. Amelia had called several times to check in and ask about him and whether he had found Sookie.
"She is upstairs in the guest room. I am going to Pam's." Eric looked as his friend who only looked at him with a mix of pity and anger. "I do not expect you to understand why I did what I did. I know now it was foolish and it is a mistake I can never correct. Will you keep an eye on her while we figure this out?"
He nodded his head. "I will do whatever is needed Eric. If she doesn't want you here I have to respect that, it doesn't mean I care any less for you, but the kids have to come first, you know that right? I won't let you harm her."
Eric looked at his friend, the first real friend he had since Pam. "I would never harm her Alcide, I love her, I want my family back and I will do whatever I need to do get her back. I don't care if I have to wait another thousand years, I will wait."
Alcide looked at him skeptical. "Good, I am glad you are going to fight for her Eric. She loves you, she is just hurt and confused. You lied to her face and she doesn't trust you right now after what you said to her. Do me a favor, just don't make me choose ok? You two are family and I have to think about your kids. I would hope if roles were reversed you would do the same for me if this was me and Amelia."
Eric smiled at him and went to walk to the door. He felt her, Eric looked up the staircase where Sookie stood looking down at them. She looked as if she wanted to say something, but the tears took her voice and she turned away to go back to the guest room. He would give her room, he called to her before she went back to bed. "I love you Sookie, I love you with my whole being my love." Eric watched as her shoulders shook from crying and she went back into the room closing the door. "Goodnight Alcide." Eric left his home and went to the corvette to head to Pam's for the night.
Alcide stood in the door watching him drive away. He looked up the stairway Sookie had just stood on and turned to walk out the door himself to go his own wife and child. Thalia stood outside the door. "Watch your mistress Thalia, Eric is gone." She nodded as the blood tears ran down her face.